Soi Siam Country Club roadwork to last 5 more months

 

PATTAYA:-- The reconstruction of Soi Siam Country Club has entered is second phase, but disruption and inconvenience will last until April.

 

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Top cop, officers charge down Bangla

Phuket Gazette

 

          

The 150-strong group was led down Bangla Road by Phuket Provincial Police Commander Teerapol Thipjaroen. Photo: Phuket PR

 

PHUKET: -- A posse of police officers paraded down the island’s party soi Wednesday night in an effort to boost tourist confidence.

 

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Phuket readies free transport to Bangkok for mourners

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

A traveller dressed in mourning black boards a bus bound for Bangkok at the Phuket Bus Terminal in Rassada. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- Governor Chockchai Dejamornthan has confirmed that his office has been able to ramp up the number of people to travel from Phuket to Bangkok on government-funded packages to pay their respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace.

 

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Adobe Flash Player is under attack AGAIN: secure your browser now

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Yes, you have probably heard this one before, but software firm Adobe has rushed out an emergency patch for another vulnerability found in Adobe Flash Player.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/adobe-flash-player-is-under-attack-again-secure-your-browser-now/18259/

Fading funeral flowers to turn into organic fertilizers

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Heaps of fading funeral flowers people brought in to mourn the passing of the late King around the Grand Palace will be recycled as organic fertilizers, Mr Passakorn Pojjiraporn, director of Saranrom Park, disclosed yesterday.

 

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Australian parents jailed for daughter's 15 years of abuse 

 

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian husband and wife were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Friday for sexually abusing, torturing and confining their daughter over 15 years.

 

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Highways Department eyes 11 commercial-cum rest areas on two new motorways

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Highways Department is to lease out 11 land plots along both sides of the Bang Pa-in-Korat and Bang Yai-Kanchanaburi motorways to the private sector to be developed into commercial-cum rest areas.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950900-highways-department-eyes-11-commercial-cum-rest-areas-on-two-new-motorways/

 

Rising star: YouTube playing key role in Google’s success

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube has emerged as a break-out star in Google’s cast of services as the online video site upstages cable television for a younger generation of viewers looking for amusement, news and music on their smartphones.

 

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BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebel groups say they have launched a large-scale offensive to break government siege of Aleppo

Brisbane bus driver dies after being set on fire by passenger

 

BRISBANE: -- A bus driver has died in Brisbane, Australia, after a passenger threw an "item" which set him on fire, say police.

 

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Thai man ignores red flags, nearly drowns

Kongleaphy Keam

 

 

PHUKET:-- A Thai tourist nearly drowned on Wednesday after he ignored red flag warnings and went swimming at Kata Beach. 

 

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Disabled man sets off from Phuket to Bangkok on makeshift wheelchair

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Mr Sompong will make the 842-kilometre journey by pushing himself with one leg on a makeshift wheelchair. Photo: Facebook

 

PHUKET:-- A disabled man set off from Phuket today (Oct 28) on a journey to Bangkok to honour the late HM King Bhumibol. The man will make the full 842-kilometre journey pushing himself along with one leg on a makeshift wheelchair.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950921-disabled-man-sets-off-from-phuket-to-bangkok-on-makeshift-wheelchair/

Speedboat shooters on the loose

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- Police are on a double manhunt for suspects that shot a fellow boat crew member in Koh Sirey last night.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950922-speedboat-shooters-on-the-loose/

 

Gov asked to intervene in vendor, municipality conflict

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- A group of 30 vendors yesterday filed a complaint with the governor’s office against the Patong Municipality after being given a cancellation notice of their rental contract.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950924-gov-asked-to-intervene-in-vendor-municipality-conflict/

Suspected militants shot dead a female school teacher and injured another in Pattani

 

 

A female school teacher was shot dead and a school employee was wounded by a suspected militant riding on the pillion of a motorcycle in Mayo district of Pattani Friday morning.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950930-suspected-militants-shot-dead-a-female-school-teacher-and-injured-another-in-pattani/

Government told to quickly come to farmers’ rescue

 

 

Former Democrat MP Warong Detkitpirom urged the government to quickly come to the rescue of rice farmers who are now suffering from sharp drop in rice prices.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950932-government-told-to-quickly-come-to-farmers’-rescue/

Gourmet Grasshoppers: Thailand to start sending bugs to Europe as high-protein food source

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Blue Delliquanti/Flickr

 

Thais have been snacking on silkworms, and other bugs for generations. Now, due to new European Union (EU) legislation, the creepy crawlers can be exported to Europe as a food source.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950934-gourmet-grasshoppers-thailand-to-start-sending-bugs-to-europe-as-high-protein-food-source/

 

Police nab Laota’s son who dodged arrest for 13 years in major operation in Chiang Mai

 

 

A son of alleged northern drug kingpin Laota Sanlee who had dodged police manhunt for 13 years was arrested by police in a major coordinated operation in Mae Ai, Fang and Muang districts of Chiang Mai on Friday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950935-police-nab-laota’s-son-who-dodged-arrest-for-13-years-in-major-operation-in-chiang-mai/

Officials silent on Phuket Airport immigration mess

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Officials at Phuket International Airport have fallen silent on why long immigration queues persist at the island’s key tourism portal, frustrating tourists by taking hours for them to clear entry to the country.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950943-officials-silent-on-phuket-airport-immigration-mess/

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